23rd October 2024 - Pots, Ponds and Pillar Boxes

Thought for the day :" I have a friend whose name is Driew instead of Drew. It's only weird if you say it backwards"

Dry - and some building work completed 

Meanwhile a trip to Newcastle Emlyn showed this crochet cover for the pillar box

Thin k I will start adding pictures of these to a gallery sometime.

But while in Newcastle Emlyn finally got the replacement barrels for the one that was broken by the Certas Lorry. String the heather than Nancy brought that we haven't planted yet - should stay okay in the water.

Meanwhile the pond in the lower quarter has filled up completely 

Cheers 

22nd October 2024 - Wizards

Thought for the day :"My dentist shares a lot of ideas about improving the practice. He is a flossopher"

Rain - though managed a full day on the building work 

Photos look as though the sky was brilliant blue..  Crazy!

And the small wizards are installed in one of the gun emplacments 

Cheers !

21st October 2024 - Ducks take to water

Thought for the day :"Termites have munch-housing syndrome"

Wet - but only a light shower

Ducks finally made it out in to the paddock without freaking out and found the pond..

And a bit of sun later 

Cheers !

20th October 2024 - Baby Chicks

Thought for the day :"I knew a dyslexic Yorkshireman, he wore a cat flap on his head"

Wet

Visit from Cat today so had to investigate the newly hatched eating chickens 

Cheers !

19th October 2024 - Royal Order at Penarth

Thought for the day :"Worked out how to weigh a rainbow - it was pretty light"

Dry

A day out for the Royal Order in Cardiff so no new photos today ...

But here are a couple of the new girlies with Snowy the second Cockerel.

Toby is keeping an eye on them and an eye out for the Fox..

Cheers !

18th October 2024 - Goodbye Lilac and Blackie

Thought for the day :"An atom lost an electron. It really should keep an ion them."

Rain

A last picture of Cuthbert with Lobelia and Lilac and Blackie.

Sadly, Lilac and Blackie disappeared a little later ...

Cheers 

17th October 2024 - Working on the road wall

Thought for the day :"Animal testing should be stopped. It distresses the animals and they normally get the answers wrong"

Rain

So - starting on the old Catchup game. It is so easy to lose a day or two and then find that they really mount up...  So the next few days will be based upon pictures that I have taken ...   Good Luck 

So the middle wall is being hacked away and is a bit of a mess.

The lintel  (or Lentel as Dave would call it) is missing on this window. The three bricks are allowing the window to take the weight of the wall - in fact the middle brick is doing nothing at all!.

 

A few holes in the brickwork will need to have some new stones added.

And a few more loads of sand and ballast.
 

Cheers